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Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Playing with acrylic liquid medium by Magda

Some
of you will ask what Acrylic Liquid Medium is and what can you do
with it. Of course all acrylic mediums are produced to be mixed with
acrylic paints - this is a main role but...We are not painters and
want something more! First things first, a few words about Acrylic Liquid Medium.

Acrylic Liquid Medium as the name indicates, is liquid. It dries clear.
Mixing Acrylic Liquid Medium with acrylic paints or water based
paints (Ayeeda Paints) will extend colour and decrease gloss. The
paint mixed with this medium is more fluid and transparent. Because
liquids dry slowly (you will see that small drop needs a few hours to
dry) it allows to extend periods of working time.

Yesterday
I was in the mood for experimenting and mixed Acrylic Liquid Medium
with mists, inks and a few more things. I'm sure you all know what
rhinestone, dewdrop etc. are. Very often we use them for making
cards, mixed media and other crafts. I wanted to make my own. Of
course I can't make exactly the same thing but something what I can
use as a small spot, why not.

For
start something simple. I put some drops of liquid medium to my craft
mat (you will need non stick sheet or acrylic block should do) and
then added Powder 3D (Glass Filler).

The
same thing here but with Ayeeda mist. How much colourant you will
need depends what medium you will use. But if you use Ayeeda mist
(Pearl or Chalk) which is liquid you really need one small drop.

Here
is something interesting! On the right you can see a simple mix -
liquid medium + Ayeeda Mist Chalk Celadon - boring stuff nothing
special but...on the left I used the same mist but I only added a
foam from the mist. Because foam has some air bubbles and less
colourant it gives great effect. In the middle you can still see
bubbles and around the edges clear liquid medium.

When
I was done with mists I tried Ayeeda ink which gives almost the same
effect as mists (on the left) and Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze (on
the right). Because Glimmer Glaze has different consistency it spread
differently in the liquid medium. You can see a brighter spot in the
middle.

Here
Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze's foam.

This
is a funny effect. I added Ranger Liquid Pearls in the middle of
Acrylic Liquid Medium drop.

Back
to mists but my favourite ones - Ayeeda Pastel Mists! I'm sure I will
tell you someday why I love them but for sure this is one of the
reasons. The mist does not spread as much as Pearl or Chalk mist. It
gives a lovely ring and leave a lot of clear liquid medium around.
Need to ask Aida about differences in ingredients between the mists -
why Pastel Mists are more dense - it's not visible for the naked eye.

Next
on my table was Ayeeda Paint - Silver Pearl. I choose this paint
because it's more fluid then other paints and easily I can put a
small amount of it inside the liquid medium drop without mixing it.
I'm really happy about the effect, have never thought that the paint
inside the liquid drop will look like a thin skin/paper/whatever.

Here
is a bigger piece of almost dry Acrylic Liquid Medium with mists. It
is so soft that it gives an opportunity to squash it and form it.
It's great for adding more texture to the project.

Or
you can cut shapes from it.

There
is so many things which you can make with Acrylic Liquid Medium. I
know that for some people (also for me when I first saw it ;)) it
looks really useless but I hope after today's post you can see
that it's not true.